Rope work

[lei_kung]

I'm not a pure boxer, but I do study it for my striking and a bit for footwork. My questions are about jumping rope because I don't currently include that.

Questions about effectiveness
1. How much lighter on your feet does it make you?
2. Does it directly translate into footwork improvement or is it about being lighter on your feet?
3. How does jumping rope effect endurance and explosiveness?

Questions about jump rope training
4. What jump rope would you suggest and why?
5. How do you determine what length the rope should be (does that include the handles)?
6. What types of foot work patterns should be trained?
7. How long should one jump rope in a rope jumping session?

Thanks for you time and your help with these questions.

Lei Kung

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1. It makes you much lighter and quicker on your feet
2. It does improve footwork. However it improves the attributes for good footwork, not the technique. For good technique you must practise actual footwork you'd use in the ring.
3. It's good for endurance because it's a callanetics likes running. And improves explosiveness in your calves. Plyometric/jumping
4. I prefer leather -meow. Because it's heavier and goes faster. Try differnet ones. Everyone has differnet preferances.
5 General rule is step inthe middle of the rope and bring the end up to your shoulders. The ends of the handles should touch somewhere between your armpits and your shoulders. Best to get one that gets to the shoulders as you can always tie knots in it to make it shorter if you want to challenge yourself.
6. Anything you can think of. Just keep pushing yourself and challenging yourself. Never make it easy.
7. It's up to you. If you are a boxer then maybe with 3 minute rounds and a minute break in between. Maybe interval training of like a minute easy going/ a minute all out, etc.

At first you might find yourself having to stop and start constantly which of course is a pain in the ass. So for the first few weeks, it might be best to just concentrate on going at a slow pace and getting the technique down before using the rope at a hard-working pace.